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NEW: Stamp the Learning: the role of Metacognition in Discourse Instruction (PART 4)

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June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Teaching Discourse: Scaffolding Talk to Enact Disciplinary thinking in the KS5 Literature Classroom (PART 3)

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June 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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NEW: Planning for Discourse: Structuring Productive Struggle in KS5 English Literature (PART 2)

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May 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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NEW BLOG: Why Conversation Is a Threshold Concept in Key Stage 5 English Literature (PART 1)

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May 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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When university, or buying a house, are so expensive for young people, it’s no surprise that going to uni becomes more of a transaction - STEM a means to a stable job.

But English literature falling in popularity will leave us with dreary, diminished culture.

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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
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December 6, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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NEW BLOG POST: 'The Gothic sublime in Frankenstein' theworldinverted167685171.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/t... 🌒🏔️
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December 1, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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Superb article by CAPE. Particularly love the emphasis placed on the importance of respecting the “unique contributions of each discipline…grounded in subject-specific knowledge”.
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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NEW BLOG POST: Barren landscapes, wild/wilderness and Channing’s ‘The Barren Moors’ theworldinverted167685171.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/b... ⛰️
Barren landscapes, wild/wilderness and Channing’s ‘The Barren Moors’
In my last blog, I explored awe in Frankenstein and Shelley’s critical engagement with Romanticism. In particular, I considered the apparent contradiction in Shelley’s use of Romantic tropes: despi…
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November 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM